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Idil Biret - Mazurkas 1

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Format: CD
Catalog: 8554529
Rel. Date: 09/28/1999
UPC: 636943452929

Mazurkas 1
Artist: Idil Biret
Format: CD
New: NOT IN STORE, BUT IN PRINT AND ORDER-ABLE - , call or email $22.00 Used: Currently Unavailable
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. Mazurka No.1 in f#, Op.6/1
2. Mazurka No.2 in c#, Op.6/2
3. Mazurka No.3 in E, Op.6/3
4. Mazurka No.4 in e flat, Op.6/4
5. Mazurka No.5 in B flat, Op.7/1
6. Mazurka No.6 in a, Op.7/2
7. Mazurka No.7 in f, Op.7/3
8. Mazurka No.8 in A flat, Op.7/4
9. Mazurka No.9 in C, Op.7/5
10. Mazurka No.10 in B flat, Op.17/1
11. Mazurka No.11 in e, Op.17/2
12. Mazurka No.12 in A flat, Op.17/3
13. Mazurka No.13 in a, Op.17/4
14. Mazurka No.14 in g, Op.24/1
15. Mazurka No.15 in C, Op.24/2
16. Mazurka No.16 in A flat, Op.24/3
17. Mazurka No.17 in b flat, Op.24/4
18. Mazurka No.18 in c, Op.30/1
19. Mazurka No.19 in b, Op.30/2
20. Mazurka No.20 in D flat, Op.30/3
21. Mazurka No.21 in c#, Op.30/4
22. Mazurka No.22 in g#, Op.33/1
23. Mazurka No.23 in D, Op.33/2
24. Mazurka No.24 in C, Op.33/3
25. Mazurka No.25 in b, Op.33/4
26. Mazurka No.26 in c#, Op.41/1

More Info:

This mazurka uses Polish folk rhythms and modes, and has a metronome mark of 132, making it one of the slower Chopin mazurkas. The Mazurka starts with a piano section, in which the central theme is stated, which revolves around oscillating triplets and heavy accents on the third beat of each bar. A second theme is then stated fortissimo, in a passage full of sforzando's and wedge accents. The original theme is then stated forte, but quickly decrescendos. These two passages end with repeats.
        
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